Modeling the neutral hydrogen distribution in the post-reionization Universe: Intensity mapping

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Villaescusa Navarro, Francisco ^a,b   Viel, Matteo ^a,b   Datta, Kanan K ^c   Choudhury, T Roy ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

cosmic web; cosmological parameters from LSS; intergalactic media; power spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908022637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/050     Document Type: Article

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